• After 15+ years, we've made a big change: Android Forums is now Early Bird Club. Learn more here.

Help wifi problems after upgrade to froyo

I am also facing the same issue after upgrade of Galaxy S to 2.2. I am not able to connect to any wifi connection including my own. It stuck at "Obtaining IP address.." after authentication. I have one more Galaxy S phone with 2.1 which has no problem connecting to the same wifi connection. So it's definitely an issue with 2.2 upgrade.
 
Upvote 0
same issue here.. wireless network is showing as disabled but is clearly detected. Worked for a week after buying the phone. Phone crashed last night and hasn't worked since. pushes to 3g to connect all the time. wifi icon is lit green showing it is on.. does the GPS thing have to be enabled too?

am lost as this is my first android.
 
Upvote 0
I upgraded to Froyo few hours ago and discovered that now I cannot connect to my company's wi-fi anymore!
It's protected with 802.1x EAP and whatever I do, the "Phase 2 Authentication" setting is always reverted to "None", instead of being set to "MSCHAPV2".
I've read it's a known bug, but I couldn't find any fix. Could anyone help me, please???
 
Upvote 0
HI EVERYBODY,
i had the same problem with my WiFi at Home since i Updated to Froyo... basically it was alwaws saying that my WiFi was out of Range even if i was just 3 Feet Away from it.


Well, today i decided to take a look at it and i soon found the solution:


I have a Secured Wireless Connection with Access Control, so i went to check the access control list, and sure Enough it was stating that the MAC Address of my Phone was connected even if the Phone was stating that the Wireless Network was out of Range.

So I connected to my Wireless Router with the Computer that is wirely connected to it and i went into the WiFi Settings and did the Following:

1) Disabled the Control Access List (where you have all the MAC Addresses allowed to Connect)

2) i Disabled the PassKey

3) i Disabled the WPA/WPA2 Encryption


MAGICALLY
now the Phone said that my WiFi was now in in Range.

-I re-Enabled the WPA/WPA2 Encryption

-I re-Enabled the PassKey

-i re-Enabled the Access List by re-entering the MAC Address of my Galaxy S


THEN
on my Phone i had to enter again the PassKey, it was like if the Phone Forgot the Pass Key, so i entered it and now i am OnLine.


I HOPE THIS HELPED
CIAO
 
Upvote 0
I had the same problem with my Samsung Captivate running a leak version of Froyo 2.2 and tried all the previous fixes with no luck either. I knew it had to be something that was different with Froyo 2.2 cuz it worked before I updated and it worked at some of my other WiFi connections, but not my work connection which quit after the update. Same problem where it connects then trys "Obtaining IP Address" and doesn't then cycles back through that a few times then shows "disabled, ???". While trouble shooting the problem I noticed there was at the same time another WiFi device with a poor signal in my list that was showing up for available connection. I decided to try and connect to it and of course didn't have the password and I got it to show Disabled, Secured with WPA/WPA2 PSK and then my work connection imediately connected and has been working great ever since! ;) So, some how that other WiFi device in the available scan list was somehow interferring with my work WiFi. So any of you having this problem on any Froyo 2.2 device should check to see if there are others on your list in that area with an available signal that you will need to some how disable.

I hope this helps others with this problem

Thanks,
Robert
 
Upvote 0
i fixed this problem by turning on wifi thru the "allshare" app.

its that simple

I followed your tip and I was extremely happy when my wifi settings shows that I've connected. However for some strange reason, I can't seem to browse, update twitter, download gmail etc. etc. I disconnected and tried connecting again using the conventional method and the problem of perpetual "obtaining ip address..." persists !

Am I missing something :thinking:.
 
Upvote 0
i fixed this problem by turning on wifi thru the "allshare" app.

its that simple

I can confirm that the allshare tip worked for me too ! Absolutely no clue why, but it did get me back online!

For reference, I did not get any problem in obtaining ip, but it just wouldn't browse web after connecting through wifi. I am running a rom from doc's kitchen.

Cheers!

======================

OK. The fix worked like a charm first time, but then it has stopped working. It's like a bacteria developing resistance to antibiotics!! :(

Again, I have absolutely no issues in connecting to the router and getting an IP address, the phone just doesn't browse the net. Intermittently, it may go online - say connect to the market, but then it will not download anything.
Further, I use AndFTP to connect to my local PC over WiFi-LAN, and it takes ages to connect unlike earlier, when it was nearly instantaneous. AndFTP also is not able to download anything giving some java error.
 
Upvote 0
Having exact same symptoms on Droidx. Have disalbed all other devices that I can. Some are on the list regardless. To the later posters, What is allshare?

I had the same problem with my Samsung Captivate running a leak version of Froyo 2.2 and tried all the previous fixes with no luck either. I knew it had to be something that was different with Froyo 2.2 cuz it worked before I updated and it worked at some of my other WiFi connections, but not my work connection which quit after the update. Same problem where it connects then trys "Obtaining IP Address" and doesn't then cycles back through that a few times then shows "disabled, ???". While trouble shooting the problem I noticed there was at the same time another WiFi device with a poor signal in my list that was showing up for available connection. I decided to try and connect to it and of course didn't have the password and I got it to show Disabled, Secured with WPA/WPA2 PSK and then my work connection imediately connected and has been working great ever since! ;) So, some how that other WiFi device in the available scan list was somehow interferring with my work WiFi. So any of you having this problem on any Froyo 2.2 device should check to see if there are others on your list in that area with an available signal that you will need to some how disable.

I hope this helps others with this problem

Thanks,
Robert
 
Upvote 0
I had the exact problem as that of yours. I upgraded my galaxy S from eclair (2.1) to Froyo (2.2). My Wifi was never connecting and even though it did, it was not recieving any data from the web. This may be the case for many others too. If you/ users with same prob haven't yet gotten through with this, then there is a simple solution.

Follow these steps:

1.Apps>Settings>Wireless and network>Wi-Fi settings
2. Press the menu key on that page (left most bottom hap key)>advanced
3. Select Static IP
4. Now enter the IP address, gateway, Netmask, DNS1 and DNS 2. You can find these numbers on your computer by typing cmd (dos command prompt) in the Run and then check youre IP settings. Type ipconfig in the cmd prompt. It will tell you the exact IP address. Make sure the last digit in the IP address is different from that of your PC. Else it will result in a conflict. Typically, the Static IP data on your Galaxy S will have to be like

IP Address: 192.168.3.8 (the last digit will be that of your PC/ devices that you are using. It has to be diff for your smartphone)
Gateway: 192.168.3.1
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
DNS1: 192.168.3.1
DNS2: 192.168.3.2

Try!! Good luck!
It worked for me though...!
 
Upvote 0

BEST TECH IN 2023

We've been tracking upcoming products and ranking the best tech since 2007. Thanks for trusting our opinion: we get rewarded through affiliate links that earn us a commission and we invite you to learn more about us.

Smartphones